| Description | Various letters received by Neville, Joseph and Austen Chamberlain relating to the sisal business.
The file contains the following items:
/1-15: Correspondence relating to the winding-up of the Andros Fibre Company Ltd. Letters from Pinsent and Co. [solicitors]; J. W. Knowles; Herman Lescher, Stephens and Co.; and Whitmore L. Richards to Neville Chamberlain; and letter from W. Rees Davies to J. P. Sands regarding the winding-up/liquidation of the Andros Fibre Company Ltd. A copy of a letter from Neville Chamberlain to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies informing him of the final winding-up meeting of the company and a form acknowledging receipt of this letter for registration is also included. The letters relate to the legal proceedings involved in the winding-up of the business. 1901-1902.
/16-20: Letters from Walter H. Hindley and Co., 62 and 63 Queen Street, London, Ide and Christie [fibre, esparto and general produce brokers] and W. Sharman, 15 Billiter Street, London to Joseph Chamberlain regarding the market for and price of sisal. 11, 13 and 17 December 1890.
/21-22: Letters from Augustus P. Loring, 22 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA to Austen Chamberlain regarding sisal which was made into twine at Loring's works at Plymouth [USA] and possible future orders of sisal. 21 April and 19 May 1891. |